By guest writer Mariya Frost, Director, Coles Center for Transportation Washington Policy Center Editor’s note: This post first appeared on the Washington Policy Center Blog. The state Department of Commerce is very clear about its views on driving: officials must reduce or altogether eliminate people’s need to drive. In their latest draft of the state energy […]
25 Blog Posts From the VMT Tag
Officials Pitch Wishful Thinking as Fact in Washington State Plan to Reduce Driving: NMA E-Newsletter #626
January 11, 2021
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Bicycle, Mass Transit, PEDESTRIAN, Road Diets, Traffic Congestion, VMT, WASHINGTON
Is it Really Tough Times for Toll Roads Ahead?
July 13, 2020
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ATFI, Congestion Pricing, E-ZPass, Gas Tax, Infrastructure, infrastructure funding, NMA, OOIDA, PPP, Public Private Partnership, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLL, Toll Roads, TOLLING, tolls, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The website Chief Investment Officer posted in June a lament for how tough it is for toll roads right now. Here’s a quote, “The typically stable asset class has been hit as traffic levels have dropped 40 percent to 85 percent globally, S&P analysts say.” So the website tells […]
Hammer Down! Highway Speed Limits Increase in Arkansas
June 26, 2020
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85TH PERCENTILE, FHWA, IIHS, LEGISLATION, MUTCD, Speed Limits, traffic safety, VMT
By Thomas Beckett, Arkansas NMA Member Initially, I had wanted to write my next post on how Amendment 100 would be implemented. This amendment entails casino gambling and how those casino taxes will be assessed and distributed to support highway funding. Instead of how the casino taxes will help fund infrastructure in Arkansas, I decided […]
Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis
April 20, 2020
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ACLU, ALPR, Bluetooth, CELL PHONE, Contact Tracing, Facial Recognition, FOURTH AMENDMENT, GPS, LEGISLATION, license plate readers, NMA, PRIVACY, Stingray, Technology, Tenth Amendment, VMT
Written by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director with Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at [email protected] Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis Disturbing surveillance trends […]
Tesla all over the Map and other Auto Tech Watch News for February 9, 2020
February 9, 2020
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ATW, Auto Industry, Car Care, DRIVER EDUCATION, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Flying Car, Infrastructure, INSURANCE, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, TOWING, V2X, VMT
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The electric car company Tesla run by CEO Elon Musk seemed to pull in a great deal of news the past several weeks. The biggest was probably this story: Tesla, which has never had a profitable year, is now worth more than GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Combined. The […]
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